The Decipherment of Linear B

Chadwick, John

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1976

About this Item

Reprint of 1967 Second Edition (First edition was 1958.) Softcover with tight and clean pages, some foxing on top edge and slight soil on back cover. The story of how Linear B, the Minoan-Mycenaean script, was deciphered in 1952 by Michael Ventris, as told by his close collaborator and co-author of their joint revelatory book, John Chadwick. He describes the script for the lay reader and concludes with a description of Mycenaean Greece. There is a fold-out chart of 87 Linear B signs. Seller Inventory # 27DecCH

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Decipherment of Linear B

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None